Suttons Methodist Church

[Front]:

This church, founded in 1825, is the second oldest Methodist congregation in Williamsburg County. That year Robert Sutton gave the "Methodist Society" of this community a parcel 100 yds. square. Its first church, a frame building, was sometimes known as ...

Ocean View Delaware

Birthplace of the Commercial Broiler Industry

In 1923, Cecile Long Steele started a flock of

500 chicks. At 16 weeks, they weighted 2 and

¼ pounds and sold for 62 cents a pound. By

1989, growers produce birds of twice the ...

26th Pennsylvania Infantry

1st Brigade, 2nd Division

(Front):26th Pennsylvania Infantry

July 2nd went into action

here with 365 officers and

men. Killed 30. Wounded 176

Missing 7. Total 213.

1st Brig. 2nd Div. 3d Corps.

(Left):Recruited in Philadelphia

Mustered in May 27th 1861.

Mustered out June 18th 1864.

Right of 3rd Corps on ...

2nd Rhode Island Volunteers

2nd Brigade, 3rd Division

Skirmish Line

2nd R.I. Volunteers

Col. Horatio Rogers Jr.

2nd Brig. 3rd Div.

6th Corps

July 4, 1863

Marker is on Emmitsburg Road (Business U.S. 15), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Mariposa County Court House

California’s oldest seat of justice still in use. The front half, the original building, completed in 1854, cost $9.200. The lumber was sash-sawed from nearby forests; framework fastened with mortised joints and wooden pegs. Finished lumber was hand-planed and nailed ...

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Visit Piney Point between March and October and you might see osprey at home on pilings used to moor oil barges. These graceful birds of prey return every year around St. Patricks Day from their winter homes in Brazil, ...

Roseville’s First City Hall

In April 1909, the newly incorporated City of Roseville leased the upper level of the historic two story J.D. Pratt, later William Sawtell, store building at the corner of Pacific and Lincoln Streets for use as the town’s first City ...

Spanish–American War Monument

Dedicated October 22, 1939

to commemorate the valour

and patriotism of the men

who served in the war with

Spain, Philippine Insurrection

and China Relief Expedition

1898 – 1902

Made possible through the public

spirit and generosity of the late

Colonel John Hicks of Oshkosh

under the auspices of

Nelson A. ...

Mariposa County Courthouse

This mortise and tenon Greek Revival courthouse, erected in 1854, is California’s oldest court of law and has served continuously as the seat of county government since 1854. During the 19th century landmark mining cases setting legal precedent were tried ...

The Battle of Windsor - 1838

Early on December 4, 1838 a force of about 140 American and Canadian supporters of William Lyon MacKenzie crossed the river from Detroit and landed about one mile east of here. After capturing and burning a nearby militia barracks, they ...